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...Bush Administration's critics insist that objections to the form of the international agreement are just a smokescreen; the true problem is the content. "The real issue in the end isn't the Kyoto Protocol," says Bill Hare, Climate Policy Director for Greenpeace. "It's the reduction of greenhouse emissions, and that is what the Bush Administration appears allergic...
...Tuesday, some in the Administration felt they were being stonewalled. Jiang continued to insist that the fault lay with the U.S. The Chinese President also called for an end to U.S. surveillance flights. At 2 p.m., Bush walked into the Oval Office and immediately asked Rice to get Brigadier General Neal Sealock on the phone. Sealock, the U.S. military attachE in Beijing, had finally been allowed in to see the crew, but for just 40 minutes under strict conditions: no recording devices, no individual conversations, the Chinese always present. The crew had been able to convey word that they...
...borders?and they resent the fact that the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Japan could defeat China's entire navy. "The military likes to have an enemy, and that's how it sees the U.S.," says a former Chinese official who had close contacts with the army. "It will insist that Jiang hang tough...
...Bush is expected to insist that any retroactive instant tax cut be tied to his 10-year plan. The administration says that's to make sure the American people know that the $60 billion (about $300 a head, which is mostly psychological) is just a down payment. But the bigger danger for a White House that's tied a 10-year tax cut to a one-year (we hope) slowdown is that once the $60 billion cavalry rides in, all Bush's hard work in bad-mouthing the economy to advance his agenda will have been wasted. He will have...
...trade-offs - simple things that Arafat can do in exchange for the Israelis' doing similar simple things in return, which can lead to more simple steps. And Sharon hopes that will serve as a basis to resume dialogue and reduce violence. It's unlikely that he'll insist on a complete cessation of violence before he makes concessions. He'll take small steps if Arafat will do the same, and he's looking for Washington's support for that perspective...